Born this Day

October 13th, 2004

Lenny Bruce, foul-mouthed comedian
Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Ali G
Sammy Hagar, ex-Van Halen “singer”
Eddie Matthews, Hall of Fame third baseman for the (Milwaukee) Braves
Paul Simon, singer-songwriter
Margaret Thatcher, former PM of the UK
… and me!

Here are some fun things that have happened on this day in my lifetime:

1975 - Neil Young undergoes throat surgery.
1976 - A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).
1977 - Four Palestinians hijack a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction.
1990 - Syria invades Lebanon, killing over 500.
1997 - Syria Invades Lebanon again.

5 Responses to “Born this Day”

  1. clunkyrobot Says:

    Happy birthday LTR!
    as the eternal Abraham Lincoln said:
    “Be excellent to each other, and party on dude.”

  2. carol o Says:

    Happy birthday robot!

  3. Justin Steiner Says:

    Happy birthday! I found out today is also the birthday of one of the lifeguards I work with. So add Jackie to your list. ;) Hope you have a good one!

  4. Lady Crumpet Says:

    Hey, Happy Birthday! :-)

  5. JP Says:

    A belated b’day greeting from me.